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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the appeal filed by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (09APL-00000-00041) of the Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission’s (HLAC) November 9, 2009 action regarding the Botanic Garden’s Vital Mission Plan project, located at 1212 Mission Canyon Road in the Mission Canyon area, First District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 15 MIN.)
a) Deny the appeal by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (09APL-00000-00041);
b) Approve the findings pursuant to Resolution 2003-059;
c) Uphold the Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission’s action subject to the following modifications:
i) Do not require review and approval of a restoration plan for the Meadow Terrace area by the HLAC;
ii) Do not require review and approval of the paving and hardscape plan by the HLAC; and
iii) Limit the HLAC’s review of the Cultural Landscape Master Plan to the portion located within Landmark No. 24; and
d) Accept the previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report, 07EIR-00000-00001, for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s 72-CP-116 RV01 and 99-DP-043 (the Vital Mission Plan), the adoption of the mitigation monitoring program, and the findings as adequate for CEQA for this action.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY